Essay and Assignment Checklist

Module....................................................................

Name .......................................................................

Signed......................................

Date.........................................

This or a similar checklist may be handed to students before an assignment is due.

It will give guidance to students how their work is to be presented.

	Checklist	√ or X
	Title
1.	Assignment title and brief included
	References
2.	List of References included
3.	Correctly referenced e.g. Bloggs (1999) argues...  or at the end of a sentence  (Bloggs, 1999)
4.	1:1 correspondence between references in the text and List of References (being the alphabetical list of references provided at the end of the assignment). All references in the text are in the alphabetical List of References, no items in the List of References unless cited in the text)
	Grammar and Spelling
5.	No comma in possessive form of its
6.	Avoidance of abbreviations i.e. it is rather than it’s
7.	Minimal use of rhetorical questions
8.	Every sentence should contain a finite verb e.g. ‘Seeing that this the case and having due regard to all the facts.’ does not contain a finite verb!
9.	Spell-checked
	Layout
10	1.5 lines spacing, 1” margins to allow for tutor’s comments
11.	Point size of 12 (minimum)
12.	Clearly paragraphed with white space between paragraphs
	Proof Reading
13.	Proof read on paper before submission
14.	Proof read to another person before submission
	Binding
15.	Not stapled (as an aid to photocopying for quality control purposes)

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